Nice. Keep the K10D and get her an older MF macro lens. AF is tricky for insects anyway. MF first and then fine tune by rocking back and forth.
http://www.keh.com/Camera/format-35mm/system-Pentax-Manual-Focus/category-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses?s=1&bcode=PK&ccode=6&cc=55968&r=WG&f On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/27/2010 4:50 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >> The Kx would be great. Smaller and lighter too. If you want her to >> keep the K10D, maybe teach her to move the AF point around by hand >> using the 4 way controller. This will slow her down but this would be >> a good way to learn about planning the shot. What kind of subjects >> does she prefer? > > Nothing overly dynamic. Though she likes shooting macro and occasionally it > turns out really good. > > Case to point: > http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/08/peso-2010-36-large-white.html > > Full frame, uncropped, likely focused on that black spot more or less square > in the middle of the frame. > > Boris > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
